Canon 500 HS vs SX150 IS

differences

Advantages of the Canon 500 HS

Much wider aperture

f/2.0

f/3.4

At its widest zoom, the 500 HS's lens captures much more light (1.5 f-stops)

Supports 24p

Yes

Get that real film feel

Higher resolution movies

1080p @ 24fps

720p @ 30fps

Shoots higher resolution Full HD (1080p) video but at a lower frame rate

Has a touch screen

Yes

Fewer buttons to worry about and direct interaction with camera menus

Better wide angle

24 mm

28 mm

More than 10% better wide angle

Records high-speed movies

240 fps

None

Capture events too fast for the naked eye and play them back in super-slow motion

Has a CMOS-family sensor

CMOS

CCD

CMOS-family sensors often produce better quality images

Larger screen

3.2"

3.0"

Around 10% larger screen

Higher resolution screen

461k dots

230k dots

More than 2x higher resolution screen

Smaller

100x55x25 mm

113x73x46 mm

2.7x smaller

Shoots faster

3.4 fps

0.9 fps

Around 4x faster continuous shooting

Better maximum light sensitivity

3,200 ISO

1,600 ISO

The 500 HS's maximum light sensitivity is 1 f-stop better

Lighter

185 g

306 g

Around 40% lighter

Thinner

1.8"

Around 50% thinner

Learn more about
the Canon 500 HS

Advantages of the Canon SX150 IS

Slightly more zoom

12x

4.4x

More than 7.5x more zoom

Better macro capability

1 cm

3 cm

Focus on subjects 3x closer to the lens

Much faster max shutter speed

1/2500s

1/1000s

2.5x faster max shutter speed

Slightly higher true resolution

9.8 MP

9.7 MP

Almost the same

Learn more about
the Canon SX150 IS

recommendations

Snapsort can't make a recommendation (yet) because it doesn't have enough data yet about the 500 HS.

similarities

Compared to recent digicams

Common Strengths

Common Weaknesses

Good image stabilization

500 HS:	Lens
SX150 IS:	Lens, Sensor shift

	Neither camera stitches together panoramas
	You could stitch photos in post

	Neither has in-camera HDR
	You could do HDR manually

	Neither camera can take 3D photos
	No 3d support

competitors

Canon PowerShot SX160 IS

Travel zoom

$149 - $209

Has a much longer battery life

Is thicker

Is slightly heavier

Compare the PowerShot SX160 IS vs the ELPH 500 HS

Compare the PowerShot SX160 IS vs the PowerShot SX150 IS

Canon PowerShot ELPH 520 HS

Ultra compact

$129 - $139

Has a slightly longer battery life

Has a faster max shutter speed

Has a slightly narrower wide angle lens

Has a much narrower aperture

Compare the PowerShot ELPH 520 HS vs the ELPH 500 HS

Compare the PowerShot ELPH 520 HS vs the PowerShot SX150 IS

Canon ELPH 300 HS

Compact

$150

Slightly worse macro focusing

Has a significantly smaller screen

Compare the ELPH 300 HS vs the ELPH 500 HS

Compare the ELPH 300 HS vs the PowerShot SX150 IS

Canon PowerShot SX230 HS

Travel zoom

$235 - $290

Creates panoramas in-camera

Has a slightly longer battery life

Is slightly more expensive

Significantly worse macro focusing

Compare the PowerShot SX230 HS vs the ELPH 500 HS

Compare the PowerShot SX230 HS vs the PowerShot SX150 IS

Canon PowerShot ELPH 110 HS

Compact

$199

Has a slightly longer battery life

Is slightly more expensive

Slightly worse macro focusing

Compare the PowerShot ELPH 110 HS vs the ELPH 500 HS

Compare the PowerShot ELPH 110 HS vs the PowerShot SX150 IS

Canon ELPH 320 HS

Compact

$119 - $134

Has a slightly longer battery life

Slightly worse macro focusing

Has a significantly narrower aperture

Compare the ELPH 320 HS vs the ELPH 500 HS

Compare the ELPH 320 HS vs the PowerShot SX150 IS

Canon PowerShot A4000 IS

Travel zoom

$103 - $107

Has a slightly longer battery life

Has a slightly narrower wide angle lens

Has a significantly narrower aperture

Compare the PowerShot A4000 IS vs the ELPH 500 HS

Compare the PowerShot A4000 IS vs the PowerShot SX150 IS

Canon ELPH 510 HS

Travel zoom

Slightly more zoom

Better macro capability

Much narrower aperture

No 24p support

Compare the ELPH 510 HS vs the ELPH 500 HS

Canon Powershot S100

Pro digicam

$299

Much higher true resolution

Has in-camera HDR

No touch screen

Smaller screen

Compare the Powershot S100 vs the ELPH 500 HS

Canon PowerShot SD4000 IS

Pro digicam

Much faster max shutter speed

Slightly higher true resolution

No 24p support

Lower resolution movies

Compare the PowerShot SD4000 IS vs the ELPH 500 HS

Canon PowerShot SX130 IS

Travel zoom

$247

More expensive

Compare the PowerShot SX130 IS vs the PowerShot SX150 IS

Samsung WB150F

Travel zoom

$159

Better wide angle

Can create panoramas in-camera

Significantly worse macro capability

More expensive

Compare the WB150F vs the PowerShot SX150 IS

Fujifilm FinePix S2950

Super zoom

$129

Wider aperture

Can create panoramas in-camera

Larger

Worse image stabilization

Compare the FinePix S2950 vs the PowerShot SX150 IS

Nikon Coolpix L120

Super zoom

Much higher resolution screen

Wider aperture

Larger

Worse image stabilization

Compare the Coolpix L120 vs the PowerShot SX150 IS

Nikon Coolpix L610

Travel zoom

$129 - $150

Higher resolution movies

Can create panoramas in-camera

Slightly lower true resolution

Slightly more expensive

Compare the Coolpix L610 vs the PowerShot SX150 IS

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Canon ELPH 500 HS

vs

Canon PowerShot SX150 IS

Reasons to buy the Canon ELPH 500 HS

Reasons to buy the Canon PowerShot SX150 IS

recommendations

differences

Advantages of the Canon 500 HS

Advantages of the Canon SX150 IS

recommendations

similarities

Compared to recent digicams

competitors

Shared Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon PowerShot SX160 IS

Canon PowerShot ELPH 520 HS

Canon ELPH 300 HS

Canon PowerShot SX230 HS

Canon PowerShot ELPH 110 HS

Canon ELPH 320 HS

Canon PowerShot A4000 IS

Canon ELPH 500 HS Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon ELPH 510 HS

Canon Powershot S100

Canon PowerShot SD4000 IS

Canon PowerShot SX150 IS Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon PowerShot SX130 IS

Samsung WB150F

Fujifilm FinePix S2950

Nikon Coolpix L120

Nikon Coolpix L610

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